Mexican Police Pursuing Gunmen Responsible for Deadly Gun Battle

The Mexican police have launched a search for
the gunmen responsible for Saturday’s gunfight in the town of Villa Unión.

According to police reports, dozens of gunmen
drove into the town in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila at about midday
local time (18:00 GMT) and started firing at the town hall, where the
headquarters of Villa Unión’s police force sits.

About 500 shots were fired in the gunfight
between the police and the gunmen believed to be members of a local drug cartel
popularly known as Cártel del Noreste (Northeast Cartel).

Twenty-one people, including four police
officers and ten gunmen, were killed in the gunfight.

Coahuila Governor Miguel Ángel Riquelme said
the gunmen took several locals hostage while retreating from the town.